Films Produced by the Museum of the American Indian

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv4aec257de-e82e-42e6-b691-f637a0527eb0

Collection Creator

Cadzow, Donald A., 1894-1960

Cattell, Owen

Coffin, Edwin F. (Edwin Francis), b. 1883

Ford, James B., 1844-1928

Gilmore, Melvin R. (Melvin Randolph), 1868-1940

Hendricks-Hodge Expedition (1917-1923).

Heye, George G. (George Gustav), 1874-1957

Landini, Louis

Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation

Wildschut, William

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Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation ethnographic film collection

Extent

21 Videocassettes (Digital Betacam)

119 Film reels

47 Electronic discs (DVD)

Date

1923-1927

Archival Repository

National Museum of the American Indian

Identifier

NMAI.AC.001.001, Series 1

Type

Archival materials

Videocassettes (digital betacam)

Film reels

Electronic discs (dvd)

Collection Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Museum of the American Indian Ethnographic Film Collection, Call Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.

Collection Rights

Permission to publish or broadcast materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiarchives@si.edu.

Scope and Contents note

Series 1: Films Produced by the Museum of the American Indian includes film, video, and DVD duplicates of ethnographic films funded, overseen, and filmed by agents of the MAI throughout the Western and Southwestern United States. The following film subseries are represented: Ethnographic Films of the Zuni Indians, 1923, funded by James B. Ford, filmed by Owen Cattell, and assisted by Donald A. Cadzow and Lorenzo Chaves (Zuni); Pueblo Indians of New Mexico, 1923 (unattributed); Arikara Indians of North Dakota, 1924, filmed under Melvin R. Gilmore and by MAI photographer Edwin Francis Coffin; and Crow Indians of Montana and Shoshone Indians of Wyoming, both 1927, filmed under William Wildschut.

Collection Restrictions

Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday–Thursday, 9:30 am–4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu). Ceremonial images are restricted due to cultural sensitivity. Consult the archivist for further information.

Record ID

ebl-1562709640281-1562709640293-0